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2007 Mauritanian presidential election

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Abdallahi received the support of the third and fourth place candidates from the first round: on March 17, Zeidane announced his support for Abdallahi, and on March 19, Boulkheir also announced his support. Boulkheir's support came in spite of the fact that he was part of the Coalition of the Forces
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Vall suggested at one point the possibility that, with blank ballots included in the total, no candidate would win a majority of the vote in two rounds, in which case new elections would have to be held. This caused a controversy, and the law was changed so that blank ballots would not count towards
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announced the provisional results and said that Abdallahi and Daddah would compete in a second round on March 25. Final results were proclaimed by the Constitutional Council on March 15: Abdallahi received 24.80% of the first round vote, while Daddah received about 20.69% and Zeidane received about
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On March 12, with about 26% of the vote counted, Abdallahi and Daddah were reported to both have about 25% of the vote; Zeidane was in third place with about 13%. With 86% of the vote counted, Abdallahi led with 22.76% of the vote, while Daddah had 21.46% and Zeidane was third. Later on March 12,
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Abdallahi, who ran as an independent, was viewed by some as the candidate representing the ruling junta, and in January he received the backing of an important coalition of 18 parties composed of former supporters of Taya. Abdallahi denied being the junta's candidate. The Coalition of Forces for
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A televised debate between Abdallahi and Daddah was held on March 22. It was conducted in a non-confrontational style, with the candidates each explaining their positions. The candidates advocated similar policies, including measures against slavery, which persists in the country.
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Abdallahi said that it would be easier for him to accomplish things as president because his supporters would constitute a parliamentary majority. He also said that if he won, he would be willing to include Daddah in the government, as long as his allies agreed.
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announced on February 3 that he was withdrawing his candidacy and backing Haidalla, but he was not allowed to officially withdraw his candidacy, although according to Melainine he had requested the withdrawal two days before the February 4 deadline.
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advanced to the second round, on March 14, the Islamist "Réformateurs centristes", which supported Hanenna in the first round, backed Daddah for the second round. Hanenna also backed Daddah, as did the candidates
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15.28%. Messaoud Ould Boulkheir was fourth with about 9.79% of the vote, followed by Ibrahima Moctar Sarr with 7.95%. There were 794,979 voters out of the 1,133,152 who were registered, a turnout rate of 70.16%.
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Following the election, on March 26, Interior Minister Mohamed Ahmed Ould Mohamed Lemine declared Abdallahi the winner, saying that he won 52.85% of the vote. Abdallahi won 10 out of the country's
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A record 1.1 million of the population of 3.2 million people registered to vote. Prior to the election, the frontrunners were considered to be Daddah, Zeidane and Abdallahi.
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21 candidates registered to run for president of which 19 were approved to contest the election. Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, who served as a minister under
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on 11 March 2007. As no candidate received a majority of the votes, a second round was held on 25 March between the top two candidates,
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Abdallahi was sworn in on April 19. He named Zeidane as prime minister the next day, and Boulkheir was elected as president of the
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during the 1970s and briefly under Ould Taya in the 1980s, announced his candidacy for president on July 4, 2006.
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for Democratic Change along with Daddah. Abdallahi also received the support of several minor candidates:
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The 2007 election followed a military coup in August 2005 that ousted long-time President
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Democratic Change sent a letter to various international organizations, including the
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After no candidate receiveds a majority of the vote in the first round and
2688:"Mauritanian constitutional court confirms Cheikh Abdellahi as president" 2600:"Proclamation des résultats provisoires du 1er tour de la présidentielle" 2483:"Debate between Mauritanian presidential candidates to be held on Friday" 2382:"Présidentielle : premiers soutiens aux candidats en vue du 2e tour" 2313:"EU wants live broadcast for Mauritanian presidential candidates’ debate" 269: 264: 2507:"Présidentielle : un débat historique pour renforcer la démocratie" 2276:"Mauritanian presidential hopeful denies connivance with military junta" 2869: 1799: 1660: 583: 2580:"Abdalahi, Daddah enter second round of Mauritanian presidential race" 2051:"L'UFP présente son candidat aux prochaines élections présidentielles" 654:, was designated as his party's candidate. Former coup attempt leader 2035:"Mauritanian ruler from the 1980s enters post-coup presidential race" 1912:"Over 20 candidates register for Mauritania's presidential elections" 1540: 1973:"Ba Mamadou Alassane candidat aux élections présidentielles de 2007" 2758:"Mauritanie: un ex-opposant élu président de l'Assemblée nationale" 2495:"How Sidi Ould Abdellahi won the Mauritanian presidential election" 2414:"The two run-off candidates continue to woo the Mauritanian voters" 2362:"Profile: Three major contestants in Mauritanian presidential race" 2620: 2466: 1803: 1630: 2583: 2365: 1915: 1807: 1750: 1450: 1420: 646:, announced his candidacy on December 27. On January 2, 2007, 638:
announced his candidacy on December 23. Former military ruler
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672:November–December 2006 parliamentary election 670:, which took a large portion of seats in the 563: 2794: 1875: 1873: 1871: 2815: 2540:"Mauritanians vote in presidential run-off" 68:70.16% (first round), 67.44% (second round) 2859: 2845: 570: 556: 2463:"Abdallahi receives boost ahead of polls" 2315:, African Press Agency, February 8, 2007. 2278:, African Press Agency, February 1, 2007. 2179:, African Press Agency, January 16, 2007. 1902:, African Press Agency, January 26, 2007. 1868: 1099:Mauritanian Party for Renewal and Concord 1074:Mohamed Ahmed Ould Baba Ahmed Ould Salihi 668:Coalition of Forces for Democratic Change 2593: 1200:Mohamed Ould Mohamed El Moctar Ould Tomi 181: 2875:Elections and referendums in Mauritania 2690:, African Press Agency, March 29, 2007. 2554:, African Press Agency, March 25, 2007. 2497:, African Press Agency, March 27, 2007. 2452:, African Press Agency, March 20, 2007. 2440:, African Press Agency, March 19, 2007. 2428:, African Press Agency, March 17, 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Index

2003
2009


Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi
Ahmed Ould Daddah
Independent
RFD

wilaya

wilaya
Ely Ould Mohamed Vall
Independent
Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi
Independent
Politics of Mauritania

Arab League
Member State of the Arab League
Constitution
Human rights
Slavery
President
Mohamed Ould Ghazouani
Prime Minister
Mohamed Ould Bilal
Parliament
National Assembly
President

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